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Abhishek stranded by tribal agitation in Kalna

Forty tribal organizations observed a 12-hour Bengal bandh today in protest against the proposed inclusion of the Kurmi community into the Scheduled Tribe categor

Statesman News Service | Kolkata | June 9, 2023 6:22 am

Abhishek stranded by tribal agitation in Kalna

Forty tribal organizations observed a 12-hour Bengal bandh today in protest against the proposed inclusion of the Kurmi community into the Scheduled Tribe category.

The bandh had mixed reactions in certain blocks of East Burdwan as the agitators halted traffic suddenly in several locations. Abhishek Banerjee, Trinamul Congress’s national general secretary had to get down from his vehicle at Dhatrigram crossing in Kalna due to the blockade, this afternoon.

Banerjee was heading towards Nadia from Hooghly as part of his Naba Jowar programme through Dhatrigram crossing where he was stranded for half an hour. Banerjee spoke to the picketers and received a memorandum from them. Bharat Zakat Adivasi Majhi Parghana led today’s tribal protest.

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Casual civic workers suspend essential services, cause distress to Hooghly residents

More than 2,000 temporary workers of Hooghly-Chinsurah municipality, who had been demanding their wages for the last three months, have stopped rendering essential civic services from yesterday, causing misery to the residents of the joint civic area.

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Abhishek questions in parliament on rural houses with electricity

Trinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, attending the winter session of parliament, has written on his X-handle: “The BJP’s brazen attempt to introduce a CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BILL today, WHILE THE CONSTITUTION DEBATE IS STILL UNDERWAY in Parliament, is nothing short of an unashamed attack on democracy.”

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School job case: HC reserves verdict on Partha’s bail plea, 4 others

A new Bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday heard the bail plea by former education minister and Trinamul Congress secretary general Partha Chatterjee in the multi-crore cash-for-school job case and reserved its judgement.